"Then he even promised he wouldn't start a war. Of course I wavered at that point. If we could continue existing as an independent village, how could I possibly refuse?" Shihe also sighed.
"Actually, that was the real reason you decided never to mention merging into the Hidden Leaf Village, wasn't it?" Kitahara Kaede said.
"The tailed beasts were indeed powerful forces to us, but who didn't know that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha treated them like toys? If he hadn't said he wouldn't start a war, none of us would have given up on the idea of merging into the Hidden Leaf Village," Shihe said.
"An idiot's words can be quite convincing, because idiots don't break their promises," the First Raikage said.
"So if Hashirama Senju had died directly at Madara Uchiha's hands back then, you would have immediately come running to ask to merge into the Hidden Leaf Village, right?" Kitahara Kaede asked.
"Yes. Because Madara Uchiha wasn't an idiot. Facing him, the best choice would have been exactly what you said." Shihe nodded.
Tobirama Senju, standing to the side, had already closed his eyes and no longer wanted to express his opinion.
"But in the end, both Grandpa and Madara Uchiha died..." Tsunade said.
"Hashirama! Did you hear that?! It was all you, you idiot! You ruined everything!"
"Madara, I didn't know they thought that way either!" (bddg)
Two arguing voices suddenly rang out, drawing everyone's attention.
Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had appeared here in the form of the Impure World Reincarnation.
"Ahem~ I simply thought that since everyone was discussing them, we might as well summon the people involved and let them listen." Orochimaru flicked his tongue and spoke with a hint of malicious amusement.
He was the one who had used the Impure World